Austin Quarry — Accidents

Total: 10 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/03/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding slag off a piece of 1/2 in metal plate, when a particle passed through the gap of employee's safety glasses and face getting stuck in eye.
12/06/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted Employee was priming the water pump, he had to disconnect the hose from the pump to empty any water that had been trapped inside. The hose was elevated and placed gravity pressure on the water inside...
10/17/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee #1 was guiding cheek plates into QJ341, Jaw Crusher. Employee #2 was using a hammer to drive in cheek plate. Employee #2 made a miss swing of the hammer, causing employee #1 to be struck in t...
01/26/2012 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Working on QJ340 Jaw adjusting pressures with the webteck. The webteck blew a valve hitting employee's right hand and index finger.
11/12/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting bolts off a shaker and a piece of slag blew in his ear. Shaker is scrap metal, not sure on its product information.
09/20/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lying under a crusher replacing a bearing. I piece of metal fell from the bearing got into his right eye.
10/12/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was getting off the haul truck and missed a step. The employee fell and hit his head.
09/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a guard over the top of the Jaw crusher to clean out loose rock. Employee caught his right elbow on an open door, cutting it.
03/17/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 8d restricted Employee was sitting on the muck pile in the Link Belt 330LX feeding the Jaw Crusher. By accounts, the Extec Screen Plant stopped and was overflowing with material. It appears that EE tried to climb o...
04/04/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE was feeding the crusher with the excavator. He dumped a load of rock in the feeder. It appears a rock hit the chains in the crusher displacing them allowing another smaller rock to exit the crusher...